Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video traces his ascent to power, consolidation of control, and the descent into ...

U.S. policy in the Middle East has impacted Washington’s alliance management in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Japan’s Prime ...

Syria’s Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...

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Israel, Russia, Turkey, and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011. How long will they stay in the ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...

Syria has expelled a radical Palestinian leader, officials said on Sunday, in the latest move against pro-Iran remnants as ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. Assad and his family ...

Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Republican Rand Paul forwarded the ...